The evolution of the Line of Variations at close encounters: an analytic approach
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2019-10-04 v1
Abstract
We study the post-encounter evolution of fictitious small bodies belonging to the so-called Line of Variations (LoV) in the framework of the analytic theory of close encounters. We show the consequences of the encounter on the local minimum of the distance between the orbit of the planet and that of the small body, and get a global picture of the way in which the planetocentric velocity vector is affected by the encounter. The analytical results are compared with those of numerical integrations of the restricted 3-body problem.
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@article{arxiv.1910.01455,
title = {The evolution of the Line of Variations at close encounters: an analytic approach},
author = {Giovanni Battista Valsecchi and Alessio Del Vigna and Marta Ceccaroni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.01455},
year = {2019}
}
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13 pages, 7 figures